Arc Flash Assessment
Mitigate Risk and Avoid Unplanned Downtime with an Arc Flash Study
Positive outcomes of an arc flash study with SEAM Group:
- Reduce arc flash and fire risk.
- Protect people and assets.
- Ensure compliance with EN 50110-1 Safe work practices, 89/391/EEC OSH Framework Directive, EN 61482 Live working – Protective clothing against the thermal hazards of an electric arc flash
Every 30 minutes, an electrically induced injury occurs in facilities across Europe and the United States.¹ Some of these injuries are due to sudden arc flash.
This phenomenon occurs when a flashover of electric current leaves its intended path and travels through ionized air from one conductor to another. It can be caused by dust, accidental touching, material failure, corrosion, and many other factors. The results can be serious injury and even death.
Our arc flash hazard assessment services help reduce the risk of injury should an incident occur in your facilities. Arc flash study assessments also help you protect your people, minimize costs, and maintain compliance with credentialing authorities.
Safety
Identify potential safety risks to protect the integrity of your assets and prevent safety events.
Risk & Compliance
Protect your people and operations while ensuring compliance with inspections and assessments.
Maintenance
Bolster the efficiency of your maintenance team by identifying issues and prioritizing repairs.
How Our Arc Flash Hazard Assessments Work
As part of a full asset management strategy, our expert team will perform the following elements of an assessment:
- Assess on-site electrical systems equipment
- Determine available short circuit current and interrupting time of each device.
- Calculate the largest incident energy at the specified working distance.
- Calculate the arc flash boundary and hazard risk category.
- Complete a protection device coordination study.
- Prepare recommendations for reducing incident energy.
- Determine the maximum arc flash hazard and express that in calories so you can choose PPE as per EN 61482 Live working requirements.
- Document results and generate labels for the equipment
Arc flash hazard assessments are critical to an overall safety and compliance program per the EN 50110-1 Safe work practices requirements. Conducting them frequently, even if only to validate existing calculations, improves employee safety by providing location-specific safety information to employees and contractors.
Our trained, engineer-certified employees conduct your arc flash hazard assessment with high expertise, adhere to all safety procedures, wear appropriate PPE, and communicate with you on progress.